Even Faster Firing

BTD6

BTDB2

Even Faster Firing
General Information
Game	Bloons TD 6
Tower	Sniper Monkey
Unlocked at	600 XP
Cost	$380 (Easy) $450 (Medium) $485 (Hard) $540 (Impoppable)
Activated Ability	N/A
Targeting Options	First, Last, Close, Strong, Camo Priority with Night Vision Goggles, Elite with Elite Sniper on Map
Camo Detection	Restricted (upgradable to 0/1/2)
Popology
Damage Type(s)
Sharp Impact Extra Damage
Statistics
Damage	2 (e.a.u.)
Pierce	1
Attack Speed	Fast (every 0.779s)
Range	Infinite (bullet attack) 20 ("display" range, BTD6)
Status Effects	N/A
Tower Boosts	N/A
Income/Life Boosts	N/A
Path Upgrades
← Previous	Fast Firing
← Previous	Fast Firing
Current	Even Faster Firing
Current	Even Faster Firing
Next →	Semi-Automatic
Next →	Semi-Automatic
Path Info
Path	3
Path	3
Upgrade Tier	2
Upgrade Tier	2
[Source]

“	Shoots even faster!	”
	~ In-game description

Even Faster Firing is the second upgrade of Path 3 for the Sniper Monkey in Bloons TD 6. It further increases attack speed of the Sniper, shooting about +42% faster than Fast Firing (0.70x attack cooldown multiplier), which is overall ~2.04x faster than a normal Sniper. Attack cooldown for Even Faster Firing compared to Fast Firing is further reduced from 1.11s to 0.779s for all crosspaths of the Sniper Monkey except Elite Sniper, which instead changes from 0.4452s to 0.312s.

This upgrade costs $380 on Easy, $450 on Medium, $485 on Hard, and $540 on Impoppable.

Description

Overview

Two 0-0-2 Even Faster Firing Snipers, one of which is posing

The Sniper Monkey gains a black bandolier, and the rifle's barrel and stock gain orange stripes. The grey camo beret is changed to an orange camo beret.

Even Faster Firing attacks +42% faster, equivalent to 0.70x attack cooldown (0.8874 per shot). The total attack speed increase is +104%, equivalent to 0.49x attack cooldown compared to having no Path 3 upgrades. For all Snipers with this crosspath except Elite Sniper, their attack cooldown decreases from 1.11s to 0.779s. Elite Sniper's attack cooldown decreases from 0.4452s to 0.312s.

Targeting Priorities

Even Faster Firing targets bloons using the standard targeting priorities. It shoots a snipe attack.

• First: Targets the first bloon visible within its range.
• Last: Targets the last bloon visible within its range.
• Close: Targets the closest bloon visible within its range.
• Strong: Targets the strongest bloon visible within its range.

Can receive Camo Prioritization with Night Vision Goggles, allowing it to prioritize Camo Bloons over other types.

Full Popology

Statistics

Updated as of Version 40.2

Base stats

• Bullet:
  • Snipe projectile, sharp type, infinite range, 0.779s attack cooldown, 2 damage, 1 impact pierce.

Crosspathing interactions

• 1-0-1: Bullet damage type changed from sharp to normal. Bullet damage increased from 2 to 4.
• 2-0-1: Bullet damage increased from 4 to 7.
• 3-0-1: Bullet damage increased from 7 to 20, and gains +15 Ceramic damage.
• 4-0-1: Bullet damage increased from 20 to 30, gains +15 Ceramic damage, and stuns affected MOAB-class bloons (MOABs: 3s, BFBs: 1.5s, ZOMGs and DDTs: 0.75s).
• 5-0-1: Bullet damage increased from 30 to 280, gains +15 Ceramic damage, and cripples affected MOAB-class bloons (MOABs: 7s, BFBs: 6s, ZOMGs: 3s, DDTs: 4s, BADs and Boss: 0.75s).
• 0-1-1: Bullet damage deals +2 Camo damage.
• 0-2-1: Bullet gains Shrapnel upon damaging bloons.
• 0-3-1: Bullet bounces up to 3 times and triggers Shrapnel per bullet hit.
• 0-4-1: Bullet bounces up to 4 times and Shrapnel pierce increased from 2 to 5.
• 0-5-1: Bullet attack cooldown reduced from 0.4452s to 0.312s.

Monkey Knowledge interactions

• Elite Military Training: All Military Monkeys get a one-off +1000 XP and earn XP in-game 5% faster permanently.
• Ceramic Shock: Ceramic Bloons shot by all Snipers are slowed down for 2 seconds.
• Flanking Maneuvers: Attacks 10% faster when set targeting priority to "Last".
• Military Conscription: First military tower costs only ⅔ of the original cost.
  • Sniper Monkey base cost from $300, $350, $380, and $420 → $200, $235, $255, and $280 on Easy, Medium, Hard, and Impoppable, respectively.
• Advanced Logistics: All Military Monkeys base costs reduced by 5%.
  • Sniper Monkey base cost from $300, $350, $380, and $420 → $285, $330, $360, and $400 on Easy, Medium, Hard, and Impoppable, respectively.
    • If Military Conscription is also enabled, the final cost will be $185, $215, $235, and $260.
• Monkey Education: All Monkeys XP earn rate increased by 8%.
• Better Sell Deals: All Monkeys sell for 5% more. Increases sell potency from 70% to 75%.
• Veteran Monkey Training: All Monkeys reload time reduced by 3%.

Attack Interactions

See also: Attack Interactions/Bloons TD 6/Military

Updated as of Version 40.2

Base attack(s)

• Bullet:
  • Sharp
  • Single Projectile
  • Snipe
  • Full Map Range
  • Extra Damage (2)

Costs

Updated as of Version 42.0. Listed prices exclude external buffs, any sacrifices, and Monkey Knowledge.

[Module | Data]	Purchase				Sell
Costs	Easy	Medium	Hard	Impoppable	Easy	Medium	Hard	Impoppable
Upgrade (X-X-2)	$380	$450	$485	$540	-
Total (0-0-2)	$1,055	$1,250	$1,350	$1,500	$739	$875	$945	$1,050
Crosspath (1-0-2)	$1,350	$1,600	$1,730	$1,920	$945	$1,120	$1,211	$1,344
Crosspath (2-0-2)	$2,455	$2,900	$3,135	$3,480	$1,719	$2,030	$2,195	$2,436
Crosspath (0-1-2)	$1,265	$1,500	$1,620	$1,800	$886	$1,050	$1,134	$1,260
Crosspath (0-2-2)	$1,645	$1,950	$2,105	$2,340	$1,152	$1,365	$1,474	$1,638

This upgrade's prices (or included crosspath's prices) are affected by the following MK: Military Conscription, Advanced Logistics, Better Sell Deals

Strategy

Summary

As a pure attack speed upgrade, it is the general go-to upgrade crosspath for Path 1 upgrades Deadly Precision and above, as it benefits the Sniper with far superior overall Ceramic popping power (for Deadly Precision) and blimp-stalling (for Maim MOAB) for a rather low price.

Depending on what is desired for the Elite Sniper, this path could be useful for bloon cleanup. The extra attack speed helps generate more shrapnel.

The Even Faster Firing upgrade is still useful for lower upgrades too. When crosspathed with Full Metal Jacket, a 1-0-2 Sniper is highly useful for stripping up early bloons between Black Bloons and Rainbow Bloons to make them easier to pop by other towers. When crosspathed with Shrapnel Shot, a 0-2-2 Sniper becomes a decent long-ranged spaced bloon cleanup tower.

Tips

• This upgrade is useful for purely increasing attack speed of higher-level Snipers, and it is a good upgrade for leading towards the Semi-Automatic upgrade.
• With Even Faster Firing, this upgrade allows a Maim MOAB with such upgrade to almost completely permastall ZOMGs and DDTs, with only a very brief 0.03s gap between. Adding Jungle Drums will bridge that gap, although the gaps between stalls are very insignificant.

Version History

Balance Changes

Adjustments to Path 3 crosspathing in Version 20.0 has lead to reduction of the attack speed bonuses from the first two upgrades. Technically speaking, the Even Faster Firing upgrade attack speed was buffed, but practically speaking the Even Faster Firing upgrade attack speed remained unchanged. Like Fast Firing, Even Faster Firing received a price nerf in Version 41.0, likely to rebalance Sniper crosspathing, as well as improve top-and-middle Sniper crosspathing hybrids.

20.0

• Even Faster Firing attacks faster (0.78s → 0.779s), but bonus attack speed decreased from +54% to +42% for both Path 3 crosspaths.

41.0

“	Sniper Monkey has some very powerful upgrades but also many poor stepping stones. We felt this tower needed a big price shuffle all around, pushing down the cost of many underwhelming upgrades but returning this back into stronger upgrades.	”
	~ Ninja Kiwi

• Even Faster Firing price increased from $400 to $450
  • Total price increase is +$100 due to Fast Firing (+$50).

Gallery

Crosspathing (Top: Path 1, Bottom: Path 2)

Even Faster Firing attack speed demonstration, set on Strong versus Whites

Official artwork

Upgrade portrait

Upgrade icon

Instamonkey icon

Trivia

• Even Faster Firing is among many upgrades that start with "Even", the others including Even Faster Shooting (Tack) and Even More Tacks, and Even Faster Production (Spactory).